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jarrid
10-03-2010, 01:20 AM
I have a hammer coral that is doing great but have noticed it is bubbling. I have noticed this before on other corals and have also seen it go away on others but not on this one. Is this how branching hammer grows new branches or is something else going on w them ?
Myka
10-03-2010, 01:23 AM
Could you post a photo?
jarrid
10-03-2010, 02:26 AM
no i cant, but it looks normal except there is a bubble in the middle of the one branch.
MitchM
10-03-2010, 02:50 AM
It's a normal behaviour that can occur during fission or reproduction. How long has it been like that?

Mitch
Myka
10-03-2010, 03:53 AM
no i cant, but it looks normal except there is a bubble in the middle of the one branch.

In the middle of the head or the middle of the tentacle?
Murminator
10-03-2010, 04:34 AM
Happens alot

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62003
Myka
10-03-2010, 04:53 AM
Happens alot

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62003

If it looks like that ^ it's not a problem, but I'm not always so quick to jump to conclusions without a photo. :)
Albertan22
10-04-2010, 02:44 AM
When my hammer does that it's usually in the process of spliting one head into 2. I wouldn't worry about it, it's probably just growth :mrgreen:
jarrid
10-05-2010, 10:43 PM
Ya that's exactly what it looks like, and it is coming from the mouth of the coral just like in the pic. Thanks a lot for the help.
Myka
10-05-2010, 10:48 PM
Like in that pic, it can also be because the coral just caught a piece of food.